Coral Gardens, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port Salerno-Hobe Sound census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34997. It stands on Manatee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Lucie Inlet quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1948 USGS St Lucie Inlet quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS St. Lucie Inlet quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS St. Lucie Inlet quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Coral Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,843 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ST ANDREWS (43) |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | EVANS RD. (43) |
| 4 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDIAN STREET BRIDGE (43) |
| 7 August 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (MA) STUCK IN THE MUD (452) |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (MA)-LAKEBOTTOM-1257 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Salerno | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Golden Gate | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pinelake Gardens Estates | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Fruita | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Port Sewall | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Palm City | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Seminole Shores | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Queens Park | 4.1 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122558973 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 280804. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.








